To The Person Leaving

Which statement best summarizes the central idea of the selection? 

• The author wants an immigrant to recognize the costs of staying or leaving, realizing that neither is more courageous nor cowardly than the other. 
• The author feels that, though life my be lost in Argentina, it is more courageous to remain in one's homeland. 
• The author wishes to expose those who leave as cowards, though she herself has fled twice. 
• The author wants immigrants to take the story of Argentina into the world and share their grief. 

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In paragraph 3, what effect does the word generously have on the selection? 

• It shows that the author feels fortunate to have been safe in Europe. 
• It shows that the author includes herself as a member of the intellectual class. 
• It shows that the author is being serious when she describes the division of population as being ridiculous. 
• It shows that the author does not agree that most exiles were intellectuals. 

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What is the effect of the metaphor in the sentence below from paragraph 4? 
"Only, at the time, the prestige attached to the journey was such that those who did not leave attempted to justify themselves by discrediting those who did- the long suffering complainers who had found themselves obliged to swallow the salty caviar or exile." 

• It shows that the safety of the exile was small compared to the costs. 
• It shows that exile was not a pleasant experience. 
• It shows that exile was only for special occasions and for those who were wealthy. 
• It emphasizes how those individuals who were exiled were ridiculed by those who were not. 

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What can be inferred from the author’s focus on Argentina’s troubled past and present situation?

• The people who have left Argentina are better off than those who stayed.
• The people who have stayed in Argentina are better off that those who left.
• The Argentinian people as a whole have lost any sense of security.
• The leaders of Argentina have made life intolerable for all Argentinian citizens.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What does the narrator mean in the last two lines of the first paragraph? 

• Earlier generations talked about important topics and today generation only talks about meaningless things.
• The earlier emigrants made a difference in the world around them but more recent emigrants are lacking. 
• Emigrants have an important place in the discussion of their role in society. 
• Earlier emigrants understood the world around them while more recent emigrants are confused. 

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CCSS.RL.8.3

What word can best replace perplexed in the first paragraph? 

• Important 
• Confused
• Concerned 
• Overzealous 

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the purpose of the use of personification in the following quote from paragraph one? 

“I emigrated from Argentina to return to France, because a financial dictatorship had taken hold in my country.”

• a.  To explain that a strict government had gained control over her country. 
• a.  To detail the role that her emigration had in the change of leadership in the country. 
• a.  To show that she is overwhelmed by the dangerous nature of criminals in the country. 
• a.  To highlight that she left the country because she had committed a crime. 

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CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the effect of the following metaphor from paragraph four? 

“They competed over their levels of suffering and conscience, running some kind of race at the end of which the prize consisted of determining who had the greater conscience and who had suffered the most." 

• To demonstrate how some of her fellow Argentinians felt left out because they were forced to stay behind even when they wanted to leave. 
• To explain the nature of all the Argentinian people to always be in a contest over who is the biggest loser.
• To emphasize that the people who remained in Argentina and those who left were constantly fighting with each other over who had larger problems. 
• To show how those who left and those who stayed suffered equally for their decision. 

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the purpose of the figurative language in the sentence below from the last paragraph?

“In 2002, the difference between those who left and those who stayed no longer attracted capital letters (for we live in a lowercase era, without great pretensions).”

• The description of the two eras demonstrates the author’s ironic tone while differentiating the change in perception between the time periods.
• The description of the two eras shows the importance of language to the author.
• The description of the eras eliminates the possibility that the two time periods were similar in any way.
• The description alludes to previous use of analogies and metaphors by the author which demonstrates the similarity between the two time periods.

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